Connecting Your Components—Continued

Connecting a TV or Projector

Step 1: Choose a video connection from A , B , and C .

Step 2: Choose an audio connection from a , b , and c .

•With connection a , you can listen to and record audio from your TV and listen via speaker set B.

•To enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS, use connection b or c . (For recording, use a and b , or a and c .)

Connection

AV receiver

Signal flow

TV

Picture quality

 

A

 

COMPONENT VIDEO OUT

⇒

Component video input

Best

 

 

 

MONITOR OUT S

⇒

S-Video input

Better

 

B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C

 

MONITOR OUT V

⇒

Composite video input

Standard

 

 

 

CBL/SAT IN L/R

⇐

Analog audio L/R output

 

 

a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b

 

DIGITAL IN COAXIAL 2

⇐

Digital coaxial output

 

 

 

 

DIGITAL IN OPTICAL 1

⇐

Digital optical output

 

 

c

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b

c

A

 

 

 

 

HDMI

 

 

 

SIRIUS

XM

 

 

 

IN 2

IN 1

 

ANTENNA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT

ASSIGNABLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AM

 

FM 75

 

 

 

 

 

L

DIGITAL IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNABLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COAX-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C

 

 

IAL1

 

 

Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(DVD)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MONITOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBL/SAT

VCR/DVR

DVD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT V

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

CB/PB

V

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R

(CBL/SAT)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPTICAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

CR/PR

S

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(VCR/DVR)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SURROUND

FRONT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S

CBL/SAT IN

VCR/DVR IN

DVD IN

OUT

IN

OUT

IN

IN

 

 

B PRE OUT

SPEAKERS

COMPONENT VIDEO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

IN

OUT

IN

IN

OUT

IN

FRONT

SURROUND CENTER

 

 

(CD)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUB

 

 

L

 

 

L

L

 

 

 

 

L

WOOFER

 

 

R

 

R

R

 

 

 

 

R

 

 

 

REMOTE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUB

a

 

 

CONTROL

CD

TAPE

 

CBL/SAT

VCR/DVR

 

DVD

WOOFER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

 

R

 

COAXIAL

OPTICAL

Y

PB

PR

AUDIO

S VIDEO

VIDEO

OUT

OUT

COMPONENT VIDEO IN

OUT

IN

IN

Connect one or the other

Connection c must be assigned (see page 41)

TV, projector, etc.

Hint!

If your TV has no audio outputs, connect an audio output from your VCR or cable or satellite receiver to the AV receiver and use its tuner to listen to TV programs through the AV receiver (see pages 29 and 31).

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HT-SP904 specifications

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